Although he said he wanted to find an adjutant based on his own vision, Arthur was actually very reluctant. As an adjutant, Bedivere was enough. That stupid wolf alone could rival dozens of knights. Take whatever you want.
Setting off with an adjutant or even a group of mercenaries would hinder Arthur from using the Holy Sword of Seraph and prevent Bedivere from turning into a human wolf. In general, it would be bringing a group of sluggish guys to limit his combat.
Ability, I feel pretty stupid.
But if this is the only way to convince the Duke of Hillnant and get the support of the Lord of Manchester, even if you are stupid, there is nothing you can do.
"Bedi." He called back to the lounge, took Bediwell with him, and then told the steward a few words, asking the steward to make arrangements so that he and his wolf companions could pass freely in the castle.
The steward quickly went to make arrangements, and Arthur took Bedivere out of the lounge and wandered in the corridors of the castle.
"It's really troublesome. The Duke wants me to spend money to hire soldiers, and then select talents from his knights to be my adjutants, and then go to annihilate the local thieves group." He knew that Bedivere could not open his mouth in this situation.
He talked to himself and could only reveal the current situation to the big white wolf, "Bedi, what do you think?"
"Woof!" The big white wolf still had outstanding acting skills, pretending not to understand Arthur's words at all, and replied wagging his tail.
Arthur was so angry that he wanted to rip off Bedivere's tail.
Although it is said that he can find any knight in the castle to be Arthur's deputy, he can't just find someone to fill the role. Moreover, there is only one day, and the castle is so big, where to start becomes the biggest problem.
question. In short, logically speaking, the first place should be the place where the knights conduct combat training, that is, the training ground.
Ten minutes later.
"Choose a deputy?" The knight responsible for supervising the training ground glanced at Arthur and paused for a moment, "Oh, I just heard about it from the steward. Are you Mr. Aslan? Of course, you can take a look here.
Look. Those currently undergoing combat training are all promising newcomers, and there are many who are excellent in swordsmanship."
"Yeah." Arthur replied perfunctorily. While the other party was talking, he kept observing the knight's dress. It turns out that the knight in black robe was exactly the same as the name, wearing a black cloak.
?. These knights should be at the level of commanders in Duke Hillnant's castle or even in the territory. Of course, it is impossible for them to be loaned out to serve as Arthur's deputy.
On the other hand, the knights who are training in sparring with wooden swords in the training ground include blue robes, green robes, and a few wearing red robes. Judging from the number of these knights present and their skills, they should be at the blue robe level.
The lowest, green robes are second, and red robes are higher-ranking knights. Their status is probably close to the black robe knights. Arthur also saw a few young knights outside the field who were not wearing robes or even wearing simple and light armor doing some transportation.
Errand work such as equipment. I guess they belong to the category of trainee knights.
Although you can't expect to find an ideal candidate all at once by coming to a place like this, there are still rewards for coming here. Arthur can roughly understand the composition of the knights in Hillnant Castle just by looking at it.
"Look, the knight Sien and the knight Melun over there. Their swordsmanship is the best among this batch of people who have just been promoted to regular knights." While Arthur was silently observing, the black man who supervised the training ground
The robed knight introduced himself: "And the work is also very reliable. So far, there have been no mistakes in performing various tasks, and the tasks have been completed beautifully."
"Hmm," Arthur hummed perfunctorily. Yes, where the black-robed knight was pointing, there were two young knights who were training to fight with wooden swords. Their sword-swinging movements were indeed decent.
If they continue to train well, they will indeed become good warriors in the future. Unfortunately, they are still too young and lack actual combat experience. Arthur does not have time to bring such dolls into battle, so they can become Arthur's deputies, but he only brings more
An oil bottle.
"The knight over there, Walter, well, he's a very old knight." Seeing Arthur's eyes fall on the red-robed knight on the other side, the black-robed knight continued to introduce: "He has been here for five years.
He is a knight. He has successfully carried out many missions. However, that person has no pursuit of fame and fortune and never takes the initiative to take on dangerous missions, so he has not been upgraded to the black robe yet."
"Really?" Arthur nodded slightly and replied. The red-robed knight he was watching was teaching two other young knights to practice swordsmanship. He basically took the onslaught of the two knights on the opposite side by himself, holding the sword in both hands.
His wooden sword was swung very smoothly, so even though his two opponents were actively attacking him and attacking simultaneously, he still methodically blocked all the attacks of the two opponents. This knight Walter should be thoughtful and thoughtful.
There is no doubt that he is a knight with superb swordsmanship. However, this man has a arrogant face, and it can be seen that he is overconfident in his own strength. Arthur cannot choose such a person as his deputy, otherwise the deputy will be more difficult to serve than the master.
That's not good.
The deputy he is looking for is a knight who is neither too young nor too experienced. Or at least, someone who has decent fighting ability and can listen to Arthur's instructions honestly. The knights who appear in this training ground are very different.
It's just too big. It's probably impossible to find an ideal candidate here.
"Well, I have a general understanding." Arthur said.
"Is there any suitable candidate?" the black-robed knight asked tentatively.
"There are several suitable candidates, but let's make reservations for the time being." The King of Knights said ambiguously: "I also want to see if there are any more suitable candidates. In addition to this training ground, is there any other place where I can observe
More?"
"If your eyesight is good enough, you can go to the city wall to try your luck." The black-robed knight said: "From there, you can see the patrol team inside and outside the castle--although the distance is relatively far. Patrols
The team has a fixed establishment at each moment. If you find a suitable candidate, you can go to the director to check the patrol team's establishment list, and you can immediately find the person you are looking for from the list."
"Understood, thank you." Arthur nodded and thanked, turned around and left. It's actually hard to tell what the mystery is from watching the patrol patrol. At most, you can try your luck to see what emergencies will happen inside and outside the city, and then based on the patrol team's information
The quality of these knights can be known through the reactions of personnel. However, this level of observation is often very unreliable. To put it bluntly, it is a waste of time. But besides the training ground, Arthur really can't think of anything else for a while.
There are many places to go, and it might not be a bad idea to take a look or two on the city wall for the time being. Maybe doing this will help him find more inspiration?
The city walls of Hillnant Castle are of a very traditional design. The originally built hexagonal bastion is very strong, coupled with the hundreds of feet of high walls, making the castle impregnable. On top of the high walls, two horses can run side by side.
The width of the wall is suitable for a medium-sized patrol to patrol back and forth. The edge of the city wall, whether it is external or internal, has grooves for archers to shoot. Hold it high and look down, archers can easily and safely snipe the inner city here.
There is no need to worry about enemies outside, but there is no need to worry about the other party fighting back --- because the power of most bows and arrows shot from below will be seriously attenuated, and they are also particularly easy to be blocked by the city wall, making it almost impossible to directly hit those hiding behind the bunker.
Archer.
For the weapons and military equipment of their era, the configuration of this castle was considered very high-end.
It was very peaceful inside and outside the city. After all, the war between England and France did not spread to the British mainland at all. The Duke of Hillnant said that he sent a lot of troops to support the attack on France. At least half of what the old fox said was
Fiction. As it turns out, there are still many elite soldiers and generals in Fort Hillnant, and they don't appear to be in decline at all.
If Joan of Arc wanted to lead troops to attack such a castle, she would probably suffer a lot. Arthur unconsciously thought wrong.
"Woof?" Seeing the King of Knights staring blankly into the distance, Bedivere, who felt bored, spun around in circles beside Arthur and used his dog's paws to pry the blond boy's feet apart a few times.
"Oh, sorry Bedi." Arthur finally recovered from his contemplation and continued to do business, trying to find suitable candidates to be his deputy from the patrolling teams around him. He observed for a few minutes and found that there were people patrolling inside and outside the city.
The formation of the team is quite reasonable. Basically, they are led by a red-robed knight, assisted by one or two green-robed knights, and then led by three blue-robed knights. I always feel that this formation is similar to that of the previous one led by a silver knight in Great Britain.
In fact, the appearance of several black irons on patrol is almost the same, but the composition of the levels of personnel in the same team is more complicated. Considering that the level gap among the knights in Hillnant Castle is not as big as that of the Knights of Great Britain in the original world nine hundred years ago
, it is a matter of course that a patrol team has three levels.
Whoosh ------
Just when Arthur was observing carefully, a gust of wind suddenly sounded not far away. It took Arthur a tenth of a second to think that it was the sound of arrows cutting through the air. He almost thought that someone was shooting arrows in the dark to assassinate him, and he quickly
He made a dodge action. But in fact, the arrow did not come towards him, but hit the flying bird in mid-air diagonally, directly shooting down a gray pigeon that was spinning in mid-air.
"Oh?" Arthur snorted. That moment really scared him, because his "Mind's Eye Technique" did not respond to the bow and arrow attack. Of course, the attack was not directed at him, and the "Mind's Eye Technique" could not sense it either.
It was a normal thing, but the sensitive King Arthur still felt that it was not simple.
Arthur looked around and happened to see a kid in cloth running over to pick up the gray pigeon that fell on the ground.
"Hey hey hey." The child, who was probably only about ten years old, picked up the gray pigeon from the ground that had been pierced by an arrow in the chest.
He looks a bit like someone. He has a simple wooden bow and arrow on his back, which is probably the kind of crude tool he used to shoot pigeons. His archery skills can be said to be quite excellent.